Ze studiów nad średnioperskim utworem Mādīgān-ī Jōszt-ī Fr(i)jān : historia o młodzieńcu z rodu Fr(i)jānów
Keywords:
Mādīgān-ī Jōszt-ī Fr(i)jān, Zoroastrian literature, Middle Persian language, Iranian mythology, Middle Persian-Polish dictionarySynopsis
A STUDY OF THE MIDDLE PERSIAN TEXT Mādigān-i Yōšt-i Fr(i)yān: A Story of a Youth from the Family of Fr(i)yān
The present book is a result of the author’s research on Mādīgān-ī Yōšt-ī Fr(i)yān (MYF), which belongs to the most interesting texts of the Middle Persion religious writings. The core of the book is a fairly elaborated description of a riddle contest between a righteous youth Yōištī Fr(i)yān and a demonic necromancer Axt. The story recounted in MYF is based on an episode we briefly encounter in an Avestan hymn Yašt 5 where mean Axtya is going to apply the test to a certain Yōištī. While the hymn mentions 99 riddles, however, MYF puts the number of 33. As the text tells us Yōištī Fr(i)yān finally wins over Axt using his opponent’s weapon: riddle. The message of the narrative can be viewed on several levels, most importantly as a macrocosmic struggle of good and evil brought down to a microcosmic scale. Not surprisingly good eventually triumphs over evil since MYF—as any well-tailored folk tale—subscribes to a Zarathustrian and actually universalistic paradigm of the battle between light and darkness.
Chapters
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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0. [Wstęp] .......... 11
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1. [MJF] .......... 16
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2. [Ustność] .......... 25
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3. [Zapis] .......... 29
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4. [Wisdom-literature] .......... 33
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5. [Źródła] .......... 37
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6. [Bohaterowie] .......... 50
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7. [Szahr-ī frasznwizārān] .......... 82
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8. [Zagadka] .......... 85
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I. [Zagadka 1.] .......... 99
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II.–IV. [Zagadki 2.–4.] .......... 106
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V. [Zagadka 5.] .......... 115
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VI. [Zagadka 6.] .......... 119
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VII. [Zagadka 7.] .......... 126
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VIII. [Zagadka 8.] .......... 131
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IX. [Zagadka 9.] .......... 138
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X. [Zagadka 10.] .......... 141
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XI. [Zagadka 11.] .......... 145
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XII. [Zagadka 12.] .......... 155
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XIII.–XXII. [Zagadki 13.–22.] .......... 159
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XXIII.–XXIV. [Zagadki 23.–24.] .......... 184
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XXV. [Zagadka 25.] .......... 189
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XXVI. [Zagadka 26.] .......... 191
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XXVII. [Zagadka 27.] .......... 195
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XXVIII. [Zagadka 28.] .......... 198
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XXIX. [Zagadka 29.] .......... 199
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XXX. [Zagadka 30.] .......... 208
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XXXI. [Zagadka 31.] .......... 209
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XXXII. [Zagadka 32.] .......... 210
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XXXIII. [Zagadka 33.] .......... 212
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XXXIV.–XXXVI. [1.–3. zagadka Jōszt-ī Fr(i)jāna] .......... 213
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Przekład polski MJF .......... 222
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Transkrypcja MJF .......... 232
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Słowniczek średniopersko-polski .......... 241
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Bibliografia .......... 260
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Indeks autorów oraz postaci mitologicznych, biblijnych, koranicznych i literackich .......... 293
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Indeks tytułów .......... 314
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Indeks terminów zaratusztriańskich .......... 317
